Opinion
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Miners & Manufacturers Beware: Canada To Review Overseas Human Rights Abuses
The Office of the Canadian Ombudsperson For Responsible Enterprise (“CORE’) is open for business. Established by Order in Council and not legislation, CORE has no enforcement ... Read more
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Bank of Canada Accelerating Its Consideration Of A “Digital Loonie”
We have previously flagged the growing threat of private digital currencies to official (paper) currency. In a recent speech the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada ... Read more
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Ontario’s Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce Releases Final Report
The Capital Markets Modernization Taskforce released its final report today . The report makes a number of recommendations designed to amplify growth and competitiveness in Ontario’s capital markets ... Read more
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OSFI Consultation on Climate-Related Risk Will Shape Regulation of Financial and Pension Sectors
The Office of The Supervisor Of Financial Institutions (“OSFI”), Canada’s regulator of financial institutions and federally regulated pension plans, has launched a consultation on climate ... Read more
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The Gloves Are Off: Throne Speech Launches New Parliamentary Session
The Liberals are back in the House of Commons, at least for the next few days. Yesterday, a rag tag group of socially distant Liberal ... Read more
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Finance Minister Resigns: Where Does That Leave The Liberal Government?
The resignation of a finance minister is no small matter. For an opposition party, bringing down a finance minister is the equivalent of bagging big ... Read more
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Canada Applies The Breaks On Foreign Takeovers
Canada is definitely not fully open for business “until the economy recovers from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.” In a terse announcement in the middle of ... Read more
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We Need To Plan For The World After COVID-19
In this thoughtful piece below, Campbell Strategies business associate, Steven Bright, urges us to start to think now about post COVID-19 economic and social reconstruction. ... Read more
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Updated Government Measures To Combat The Economic Impact Of COVID-19
The federal government has made several new announcements and amendments to its direct support program for businesses and to support the retention of employees. The ... Read more